Map holder



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MAP HOLDER. APPLICATION FILED JAN. 11.1921.

1,429,871,, PatentedSept. 19,1922.

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Patented Sept. 19, 1922.

NlTEHZE STATES WILLIAM E. HASKELL, or Los ANeELEs, CALIFORNIA.

MAP HOLDER.

Application filed January 11, 1921.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I. VILLTAM E. HASKELL, a. citizen of the United States,- residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Map Holders, of which the following is a specification.

It is the object of this invention to provide a holder for maps and the like, whereby a plurality of maps are supported in position swung back against a wall, and so arranged that the maps may be readily swung from one side to the other in a manner similar to the leaves of a book.

T he invention will be readily understood from the following description of the accompanying drawings in which:

Figure 1 is a. vertical section through a wall showing the map holder mounted there: on with the maps swung part way from one side to the other.

Figure 2 is an end view of the device.

Figure 3 is a detail perspective view showingthe connection between one of the map supports and the bracket mounted upon the wall.

Figure l is a front elevation of the supporting block provided at the upper end of the bracket which is mounted upon the wall.

Figure 5 is a rear elevation of this block.

Figure 6 is a plan view of the same.

The map holder may be mounted upon a suitable wall shown at 1, and the holder comprises a bracket 2 in upright position against the wall. At its upper end this bracket carries a block 3 which supports a ring 1;, preferably arranged with the ends thereof received against the back of block 3 in suitable slots 5 formed therein. The ends of the ring may be held in the slots by means of staples 6. The front portion of ring 4 is upwardly inclined, as shown at 7, so that supporting wires connected to the. maps and received upon the ring, will tend to slide down the inclined portion 7 of ring 4 and around to the rear of the ring for swinging the maps back against wall 1 at either side of the supporting bracket.

At the base of bracket 2 a block 8 is provided, and said block is stepped as shown at 9. A bracket 10 is fixed to each one of the steps otblock 8, and is provided with a horizontally projecting end 11, to which Serial No. 436,503.

the end of a map support is pivoted. The map support comprises a rod 12 having a slotted end 13 into which arm 11 extends, and a pivot pin 14 is received through the support 12 and arm 11, so that the map support may be swung from one side to the other to display any desired one of the maps, and either side of the desired map.

The maps which are shown at 15 are preferably suspended from rods 16, which are in turn connected to supports 12, as by eyes 17 engaged by hooks 18 depending from supports 12.

Supporting wires 20 are connected to the swinging ends of supports 12 as by eyes 21, and the ends of these wires are connected to rings 22 which are received upon ring 4;.

It will be noted that the supports 12 are all of the same length, and by supporting the same from the stepped block 8, the ends of these. supports will project one beyond the other, as clearly shown in Figure 1, in order that wires 20 may be readily attached thereto.

As previously described, it will be noted that the maps will normally swing back against the wall, due to the inclination 7 provided in ring 4:, and when the maps are turned, as soon as they have been swung beyond the inclination 7, they will automatically swing back against the wall at the opposite side of bracket 2. In order to turn the maps, the lower ends of the same, which are preferably also provided with transverse rods 16, may be conveniently grasped.

It will be noted that I have thus provided a construction for readily mounting maps and the like, so that they will be readily accessible, the device being so arranged that it may be easily transferred from place to place without the liability of tearing the maps. I have also provided a device which is simple and noiseless in operation and which is of durable construction.

Various changes may be made in the construction as thus described, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Vhat I claim is:

1. A suspended sheet holder comprising a supporting block, brackets fixed thereto and having vertically spaced projecting ends, arms having split ends received over said bracket ends, pivot pins extending through ing suspension Wires for the arms;

2. A holder comprislng arms pivoted in oblique alinement one above the other for transverse swinging movement, and hooks I V disposed along each arm, and supporting rods attached by saidhooks in spaced relation beneath said arms.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

WM. E. HASKELL. 

